fletchers
Craftsmen making arrows
Fletchers are makers of arrows.
The craft involves attaching feathers (fletching) to arrow shafts to stabilize flight.
The trade name survives mainly as a surname.
A single practitioner is a fletcher; the plural appears when discussing multiple craftspeople or the historical guild: Medieval fletchers supplied armies with thousands of arrows.
Narrow vertical passage
- nockArrow's bowstring slot
- vaneWind direction indicator
- featherBird's body covering
- spineColumn of vertebrae
broadhead · arrowhead · barb · tang · flint · carbon · aluminum · wooden
Archery weapon craftsman
- longbowTall wooden archery weapon
- recurveBend back again
- crossbowStock-mounted bow mechanism
- archerOne who shoots arrows
bowstring · draw · release · aim · target · shooting · bullseye · quiver
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
spine · broadhead · arrowhead · barb · tang · flint · carbon · aluminum · wooden · straightening
bowyer
Archery weapon craftsman
archer · bowstring · draw · release · aim · target · shooting · bullseye · quiver · bracer
craftsmen
Skilled manual trade workers
- artisansSkilled manual workers
- tradesmenSkilled manual laborers
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
journeyman · master · workshop · livery · medieval · yeoman · bowyer · surname · trade · occupation
shaping
Giving something its form
timber · dowel · grain · sanding · tools · knife · spokeshave · seasoning · splitting · tapering
fletchersarchers
People who shoot bows
bowmen · longbowmen · marksmen · crossbowmen · hunters